Some Marengo High School students wanted to do something big. Their project for humanities class had to have something to do with the ancient Greeks. …
“It was a surprise and it was a big surprise,” said teacher Bob Pomykala said.
The students wouldn’t tell Pomykala what they were up to.
“They said they had a great idea, but they wouldn’t tell me what it was,” he said.
What they did was build a giant Trojan Horse, which, according to Greek mythology was used to sneak soldiers into the city of Troy for a triumphant battle. They built it in senior Sergio Aguilar’s yard, and then moved it right in front of Marengo Community High School.
Report and photos here, at CBS Chicago. I wonder if their next project will reference the horse who carried Napoleon and who shared the school’s name?
Those curious about the true identity of the little grey Arab should download Jill Hamilton’s excellent investigative work, Marengo, the Myth of Napoleon’s Horse, and also look forward to ‘War Horses of Letters’, Marie Phillips and Robert Hudson’s forthcoming Radio 4 exposé of the love letters that flew back and forth between Marengo and the Duke of Wellington’s handsome chestnut, Copenhagen.